Resolution Ventures launches £9 million WorkerTech fund to back start-ups supporting better work in a fast-changing labour market

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Resolution Ventures, the social investment firm launched by the Resolution Foundation, has today launched its new WorkerTech fund, which backs startups using technology to improve workers’ lives in sectors experiencing low pay and insecure employment. The first close of the new fund has secured an initial £6.75 million in funding towards a target of £9 million.

As new technologies continue to change how companies manage their workforce, workers are facing more disruption and displacement than ever before. The WorkerTech fund has been developed to fund and scale startups that are using technology to help workers benefit from this transition – through improving pay, addressing power imbalances, making skills training accessible and providing pathways to progression and better prospects.

This fund will build on the success of Resolution Ventures’ £1.5 million WorkerTech Partnership, which has made 21 investments into 15 companies, reaching over 2 million workers and creating a positive impact at work for over 350,000.

Resolution Ventures’ existing portfolio of investment includes start-ups that use tech to provide transparent information about hourly pay – a notorious issue in the gig economy – to supporting skilled tradeswomen in male-dominated sectors and raising standards in the care sector. Some of the companies in our portfolio are:

Organise – an App platform that brings workers together to collectively seek better terms and conditions. Last year, Organise delivered a significant win for workers: securing a pay rise worth over £2,017 annually for G4S night shift workers. As one worker said: “After 18 months of being ignored, we finally have the raise we’ve been waiting for. It’s given me hope again.”

Valla – a legal tech platform that helps people resolve workplace issues without the need for expensive lawyers. Kira, a Black disabled woman in her twenties who was forced out of her job after being repeatedly denied reasonable adjustments, said of the service: “I felt empowered for the first time since leaving my job. It gave me my voice back.”

TaskHer – A platform that connects skilled tradeswomen with homeowners who actively want to book women for their jobs. It has supported workers like Jade, a qualified plumber in a sector where 97.6 per cent of the workforce are men. Since launching, TaskHer has connected more than 650 tradeswomen across skilled trades via its community.

The new fund means Resolution Ventures can build on its work to date and ramp up support to startups addressing issues faced by workers, create networks and communities that foster worker-friendly innovation and create positive impact in sectors defined by precarious work and low pay.

Ventures are also able to access the pioneering research and expertise of the Resolution Foundation to help identify workplace problems – and seek practical solutions.

The investors in the new fund, which has a total target of £9 million are: The Resolution Foundation, Resolution Trust, Better Society Capital, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Ufi VocTech Trust, Friends Provident Foundation, Fusion21 Foundation, This Day Foundation, Shaw Trust and Lightbulb Trust. Support was provided by lawyers Morgan Lewis and Bockius, and by fund managers Kin Fund Services.

Our new fund will make equity investments of between £75,000 and £200,000 at the pre-seed and seed stages. The fund can also make quasi-equity investments.

The launch of the WorkerTech fund comes as the Resolution Foundation prepares to celebrate its 20^th anniversary, with the work of Resolution Ventures set to play a key part in its future direction as it continues its goal of raising living standards for low and middle income families.

Ruth Curtice, Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation, said:

“The Resolution Foundation has always sought to understand the UK labour market, and make proposals for how to improve jobs, pay and conditions. While policy makers can make a difference, so too can individuals and companies. Resolution Ventures has a great record of backing pioneering start-ups that have made a positive change for hundreds of thousands of workers. This new fund means we can have an even bigger impact.”

Matthew Jenner, Investment Manager at Better Society Capital said:

“We invest in fund managers who combine the right values and expertise to back a diverse range of impact start-ups. We are excited to see how this new fund can scale the number of companies they support that deliver meaningful impact for workers across pay, power, prospects and wellbeing. These ventures have the potential not only to change people’s lives through the products they deliver, but also to scale rapidly and reach more workers by drawing on the Resolution Foundation’s research and insights.”

Rebecca Garrod-Waters, Chief Executive at Ufi VocTech Trust said:

“We’re proud that Ufi VocTech Trust is an initial investor in the WorkerTech Fund. From inception, we’ve championed this fund because we believe socially impactful investment in key technologies is a powerful tool for building a better UK – economically and socially. This fund marks a significant step forward in supporting innovation that empowers workers and supports those furthest from opportunity.”

Harmony Chan, Social Investment Portfolio Manager at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, said:

“More people in work in the UK should have good and secure employment, with fair pay, autonomy, a voice in the workplace and opportunities for progression. The new WorkerTech fund will support more founders and organisations to help make this a reality. JRF’s support of the WorkerTech Partnership and now the new fund through social investment is an important part of JRF’s mission to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty.”

Notes to Editors

• Further information about the new fund is available at resolutionventures.org
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